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Moonraker Trails Sean Nyilassy I mentioned last issue that everyone shouldn’t wine about shoulder season, but should be out there riding those shoulders as relentlessly as dandruff rides your tight-weave wool sweater. As you notice the first few frosty flakes predominating the Purcell peaks, your beckoning bicycle’s summons soften to silence. But don’t hastily halt the relationship your bum and bike saddle have developed, postpone its annual commute to the back of the garage another month.

The Moonraker trails still await you: cooler air scares away carnivorous bugs as quickly as waking up ends a bad dream; increasing precipitation converts blinding, choking summer dust to a svelte, mild-cheddar-esqe, grippy dirt; and decreasing crowds allow the flow and speed you’ve been promising your buddies you’re capable of all summer. If you haven’t been in a while, a paid trail crew have improved and expanded the trail system with modernizing of the old network and addition of properly built new sections and trails to improve rideability throughout for all levels of bikers.

Three access points and roughly 60 kilometres of smooth trail allow for limitless possibilities, from a quick evening loop to full day adventures.

Parking off the Cedar Lake road on the way to Kicking Horse Resort and at the end of Canyon Creek Road in Nicholson offer vehicle access. Those with a $3000 bike, a $500 Hyundai Pony and no change for a bike rack can also access the trail network from Golden via the Mainline CBT trail opened summer 2011. It offers a gentle climb to the Cedar Lake trailhead from the one-way bridge towards Kicking Horse. Don’t forget; every drop of sweat on the pedal up converts directly to adrenaline when you descend back to town by means of sweet, fast singletrack at the end of your ride.

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Local Hero: Irv Graham Leslie Adams Photos & Text

“Mountain culture means that the people who know how to experience the mountains help others to experience the mountains. Whether it’s about nature, whether it’s about adventure, whether it’s about heritage, each of those tools are part of the enriching experience” -IRV

As I sat in the autumn sun on the porch at Irv’s Alpine Meadows Lodge, we overlooked a turquoise oxbow of the Columbia River and I listened to Irv’s stories about the Columbia River Lumber company and the logging railway that delivered logs to the mill. The mill and railroad were operational until a large forest fire in 1926 terminated the timber supply. “If you canoe down the Columbia River below us, you would see some piles in the middle of the river,” Irv says. “Those piles were erected at the time that the Col-

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umbia River Lumber company mill was built at the end of the 1800s to separate the steamships that went up and down the Columbia and the logs that were dumped in the river by the logging railway at Nicholson.

They would store the logs [in the river] to process at the mill.”

Irv came to Golden in 1990 from Calgary. He and his family lived without electricity or telephone for four years on his property on the West Bench. “I became familiar with Golden through association with the Calgary Mountain Club and the Alberta Speleological Society,” Irv states. “Sometimes we would have gatherings in Golden. It was quite an adventure back then.”

In the 1990s, Irv was doing some work for the BC Forest Service to develop the Moonraker Trails for mountain biking. Part of the trail system known as the Two Percent was a corridor from Nicholson following the CRL logging railway’s two-percent grade all the way to Cedar Lake and continuing across the bench below Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. He was intrigued by these rail corridors and determined to find out more.

A number of roads and trails on the West Bench follow these old rail corridors. The logging railway would follow different routes to log an area.

“As soon as they logged out an area, the rail beds would be reassembled elsewhere along the bench, so there’s more than one corridor to explore,” Irv explains, mentioning a favourite off the Gorman Lake Road. “There is a trail that continues into the forest and you can see where the old treads were, one after another, and there are various artefacts [as well as an old trestle crossing a creek].” Irv and his hiking partners have posted a video on YouTube—see the link at the end of this story.

and I think it would be a huge tourism enhancement to recover more of the old rail beds, to recognize their heritage and recreational value as a corridor.” He points out that the two-percent grade and trestle that already exist could become as much of a tourism attraction as the wellknown Kettle Valley Railroad.

Irv feels it is important to recognize the heritage values of the old mill site and these past rail lines because the CRL “was, for such a long time, the largest employer in those days.

It would be unfortunate if any of these values aren’t recognized and cherished. They could be lost or they can come to a state that costs far too much to recover.” Irv believes we need “a meaningful way of recognizing that heritage, knowing what’s there and preserving it. It is part of the landscape.”

He encourages everyone to get involved by “enjoying our rivers and trails, learning more about the heritage and if you enjoy the experience, help others experience it. The Golden Cycling Club and the Dawn Mountain Nordic Club have organized and the results are fantastic trail systems that are second to none. There are great examples in this valley, but you’ve got to have the group that is invested and organized in order to push the other frameworks through.”

“I don’t mind spending some time going out there and showing people or going along with people and sharing experiences, because anytime you are in the mountain environment is the best time of your life,” Irv beams.

Contact Golden Museum and Archives by email at museum.golden@gmail.com or by phone at 344-5169

For more on Alpine Meadows Lodge visit www.alpinemeadowslodge.com, Irv advocates for the value of these email info@alpinemeadowslodge.com old rail beds and other heritage infraor phone 344-5863 structure such as the only remaining See Irv’s video at building and last memento at the www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EPMjqnQWJY old CRL mill. “It’s a fascinating story

LOCAL TOWNIES Sean (Rookie) Nyilassy | Layout & Editor: At an early age Rookie was a bit of rookie at speling and grammer. Over the years of misspellign, he finally got the hang of it and became the famous editar of The Locle Tonwie News.

Sarah Jane Osadetz | Graphic Design & Contributor: Her early start up years were in finger painting and crayon colouring books. In her teens, she found a passion for paint by numbers. Now she designs paint-by-number canvasses.

Leslie Adams | Contributor: Many moons ago in the deep woods of the West Kootenays, Leslie emerged from the forest with a fishing rod and notebook already in her hands. Today Leslie is a proficient wordsmith and expert Kootenay Trout Fisherlady.

Sean Tonelli | Contributor: At a young age, his pop-culture angst and hipster style were prevalent. Osh-kosh overalls and Tele Tubbies were hip during those years. As he matured, he started to acquire a taste for hipster nerd friends and followed his dreams to the present. He is now besties with The Menzies.

Todd Menzies | Music & Muses: The Menzies had a youth full of music with the likes of Suzanne Vega, Melissa Etheridge and Roger Manning. Today his taste is still up there with the times, including great names like Maurice, Ke$a and the talented lyricist Carly Rae Jepsom. Call me... Maybe?

Contributors: Andrea Johnson, Dalia Yanai, Jason Eastwood, Navneet Rondeau, Gentlemen’s Leisure Club of Golden, Laura Shaw, Colleen Polumbo | The Local Townie News thanks them for their continued support and great writing.

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Golden Oldies Kris King

The tectonic plates collided millions of years ago, pushing up the sedimentary layers of rock to form the Rocky Mountains. The subduction zone between the Continental Tectonic Plate and the Pacific Tectonic Plate is now known as the Rocky Mountain Trench. It is a vast valley stretching from the United States border to the Yukon and is visible from space. Golden is a small dot on the map in the area known as the Columbia Valley, where the Columbia River twists and meanders through one of North America’s largest wetlands. The town site of Golden is built on filled-in Columbia River wetlands and the bench lands surrounding its confluence with the Kicking Horse River.

In years beyond memory, the local First Nations travelled through here from the southern Kootenay region up to the big bend area of the Kinbasket region.

The area was a great source of salmon, berries and plants for the locals. Over the years, Europeans came through the area—including notables David Thompson and Sir James Hector. The Europeans changed the course of the aboriginals’ culture forever. The integration of whites and aboriginals along with increased fur trading and resource extraction thrust Golden onto the map as a permanent settlement. Golden became a transportation hub, as a natural place to rest and cache supplies for further trips into the region. Paddle wheelers on the Columbia, the spur rail line connecting the transcontinental railway to the States and, eventually, the Trans-Canada Highway brought people to our home.

Many stories are lost in memories forgone; some are captured in photos and stories in our museums and the steel-trap minds of our elders. The Local Townie News’ Golden Oldies issue celebrates some of our Townies who have created and shaped our history. We hope you enjoy this little piece of history.

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Local Biz: Red Diamond Restaurant Andrea Johnson Photo & Text

In 1968, at the age of 17, Frank took that chance and came to work for his grandfather at the Moon Cafe, along with his father and many siblings

Sponsored by Golden Area Initiatives Growing up in the restaurant industry wasn’t easy for Lisa Tang. Now, at 24 years old, she is beginning to appreciate her parents’ sacrifices and recognize the importance of staying a part of the family business. Lisa’s parents, Frank and Isabelle, opened Frank’s Place Family Restaurant in 1985, a few years before her birth. It eventually assumed the name Red Diamond in 2001.

Opening a family restaurant in Golden came naturally to Frank and Isabelle; they had been under the tutelage of Frank’s grandfather, Long Ung, who ran the Moon Cafe since the 1950s. Long immigrated to Canada from China not long after the turn of the 20th century, creating a home and livelihood in Golden. To provide for his family, he opened his first restaurant where DJ’s Paper Place is now located, soon moving the Moon Cafe to its current location. When Long was initially building a reputation for the Moon Cafe as good eats in Golden, Canadian Pacific Railway’s booming business helped the restaurant become a quick success. Filling up rail workers’ and loggers’ bellies kept the business thriving.

As the Moon Cafe’s business took off, Frank, born in Malaysia, considered joining his grandfather in Golden, believing that immigrating to Canada would provide more opportunities for his future children. In 1968, at the age of 17, he took that chance and came to work for his grandfather at the Moon Cafe, along with his father and many siblings. A decade later, Isabelle joined her husband, immigrating here from Hong Kong. The pair continued to work until they felt the urge to open up their own restaurant.

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The restaurant has been a part of Lisa’s life for as long as she can remember. Growing up she and her older brother, Jason, spent endless hours before and after school helping their parents The Tang Family any way possible until they were old enough to start serving at the restaurant.

Lisa described the ease of following in her parent’s footsteps and how it was a natural progression for her and Jason to work at the restaurant. The commitment was made easier by the love she has for this town and the people who call Golden home. She has demonstrated this passion through community involvement: she and Jason embarked on another family endeavor, co-founding Team Redline Car Club for car enthusiasts. In its sixth year, the club boasts two dozen members and organizes a car show on the first Sunday in July every year, with proceeds being donated back to the community.

Frank and Isabelle gave up a lot to start a restaurant from scratch, a fact that Lisa often resented as a child when her parents spent late hours at the restaurant rather than attending her choir recitals or hockey games. Looking back, Lisa understands why her parents did it, and even sees herself running the restaurant in the not-so-distant future.

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could be one of those things: you could become a student bum forever.” Kay was the oldest student to complete her GED at the College of the Rockies in Golden and she attributes her success to her teacher, Meg Langley.

Kay was born in Fernie and spent her younger years moving up and down Kay Paul the valley between Cranbrook and drove a school bus Golden. She quit school at 15 years for 26 years; 15 of them of age while living in Brisco to work driving generations of as a waitress for $3.25 per week. children from Field to school Her family didn’t have a car and she in Golden. Many of those would have had to take the bus to the Local Townies still live here nearest high school in Edgewater. At What Kay misses most, now she’s retired, is the that time, the so-called bus was a car & remember her steady interaction with the kids belonging to Mrs. Dunn. driving & requirements and the community. She for good behaviour Shortly after that, she married Jim doesn’t know everyone Paul and moved to Spillimacheen, anymore and she isn’t where they ran the service station for sure if it’s because so 12 years. When the mine closed, there were fewer customers and they were many new people have moved unable to support their family with the business, so Jim moved to Golden to in or because she doesn’t get out as much as she used to—most of her drive trucks. Kay continued with the service station until 47 years ago when she social life revolves around her five children, 17 grandchildren and 13 greatwas able to join Jim in Golden. She worked for a Texaco and Chevron on the grandchildren. Kay is a gifted storyteller and I am sure she will continue to strip and then for the Willamette cedar mill located on the Blaeberry—where teach her family members what it used to be like to live in the Columbia Valley. the Silica mine is located now.

Eventually, Kay was hired to drive a school bus: a job she worked at for a little over a quarter century. “I enjoyed it. A lot of people say it would be boring, but it was never boring to me because there was so much to see: the mountains, the light that would change everything and the animals.” Kay says. She also loved getting to know 26 years worth of kids. “Oh, I loved those kids. There were the ones that were mischievous—actually, I’ll just say naughty—they were the ones that you always remember. The ones that were good; unfortunately those are the ones that you forget. It isn’t that you mean to forget them, but they didn’t go out of their way to make you remember them. There are a lot I’ll always remember regardless.”

During her years driving the bus, she experienced multiple generations of Local Townies. She notes that the parents who had been naughty on the bus would say to their children, “You behave or Mrs. Paul will kick you off the bus.” Kay can only remember about three kids who were permanently kicked off the bus in 26 years. “They are the nicest kids today,” she insists. “They’ve learned now, because they are parents.”

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Listening to Kay’s soft voice in her kitchen reminds me of the vast amount of change that has happened in our society. When she talks about the past Local Townies, it is with so much respect: Mr. this and Mrs. that who lived here or worked there. She talks about driving the trans-Canada and Highway 95 daily, transporting school children on the narrow highways prior to any widening, new bridges, radios, cell phones or even power steering.

The section of the trans-Canada highway between Golden and the truck chainup at the top of Ten Mile Hill had notorious road conditions. “The road conditions were pretty well maintained by highways, but there were times when they couldn’t keep up,” Kay remembers. “The worst was when it rained, then the roads became glassy with ice. If we got them to town and we couldn’t take them back, then we had to set up for billets in town. We were not to take them back until it was safe.” This happened a few times a winter, but some winters were worse than others.

“The scariest time was when there was glare ice coming down the ten-mile hill behind a semi all full of fuel. And there was another time when the truck was full of acid and the conditions were the same and you’re following behind.

Other times there were accidents and you didn’t know how long you were going to be tied up [with a busload of kids].” Of course, the modern four-lane Park Bridge has replaced that Ten Mile Hill.

When Kay retired 12 years ago, she decided to go back to school with her daughter-in-law to get her grade 12 diploma. “I went back to school because it was always something I wanted to do,” Kay recalls. “It was hard to start—there were some things I found very hard to grasp—but once I got it, I loved doing it. It The whole past is the procession of the present - Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) British historian.

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Travel’n Townie: India Navneet Rondeau

The Rondeau Family Hawamahal, Jaipur Photo: Submitted

I arrived in 1986, when there were a lot of East Indians living here & working at the local sawmill

of the country and the colourful clothing with its unique style. Delhi is the capital of India and the prime entry point for most visitors and tourists.

We travelled there to see various sites, such as the Lotus temple, Qutub Minar and the famous India Gate. Delhi is probably the best place for tourists, since it has everything from Indian jewellery to clothing at malls built with tourists in mind. Walking into these huge shopping malls, you forget you are in a third world county with a lot of people living way below the poverty line.

Golden has had a prominent Sikh community since the late 1800s, in fact, Canada’s first Sikh Temple was built here. I arrived in 1986 when there were a lot of East Indians living here and working at the local sawmill. Coming from India, where there is only snow in the north, I was shocked to see it piled up high on both sides of the highway at the end of November. Now, I am so accustomed to the weather here that I can’t handle the heat when I visit India.

Golden Temple, also known as Harmandir Sahib, in Amritsar—not only the most visited temple by Sikhs, but also every other tourist who travels to India. Amritsar has another historical place called Jallianwala Bagh, the site of the 1919 massacre, and is the closest city to the Wagah Border, where Indian and Pakistani soldiers march-off and simultaneously lower their nations’ flags to close the border at sunset each day.

Our final stop was the Corbett National Park in Uttaranchal. Founded 1936 in memory of outdoorsman Jim Corbett, it is among the oldest wildlife reserves in India. Animals such as tigers, elephants and leopards along with the beautiful location of the park in the foothills of the Himalayas attract many visitors. It was nice to get away from the hustle and bustle of the big cities.

Golden has gone through many changes over the years: One of them is the depleting Sikh community. I also see changes back home every time I visit my family in India. My best trip was when I took my husband Gilles to meet with my family—and soak in some attractions. It is amazing to see India through the eyes of a tourist. We visited the Sikh

We also travelled the Golden Triangle, formed between Delhi, Jaipur and Agra. The latter is famous for the eighth wonder of the world, the Taj Mahal, built by Emperor Shahjahan in memory of his wife, Mumtaj. Jaipur is also known as the pink city, with many historical buildings being the main tourist attractions. I love the jewellery made in this part

I am proud to have been part of the Golden community for the past 25 years, but I still love visiting my family and friends in India. It is always nice to see the improvements alongside the rich heritage of history in my country of birth. It is simply mind blowing. Words are not enough to describe it: You have to go and experience it for real.

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What would a Local Townie focussed on Golden’s history be without honouring the hundreds of men and women who have graced the hallowed halls of the Golden Fire Rescue and Emergency Services? For those who have never had a chance to tour the fire hall, you wouldn’t know that past the pristine and gleaming trucks, past the rows upon rows of helmets and bunker gear, even past the candy machine, there is a lounge: a place where the crew members can kick back and unwind after a hard call or a fun practice. More importantly, this room’s walls are literally lined with history.

Stepping into the lounge is like stepping into a museum. The walls are covered in memorabilia, pictures of crew members who’ve long since passed, primitive turnout gear, tattered leather overcoats and haggard breath masks, all indicating just how much courage a veteran firefighter must have had and reminding current firefighters how much courage they will need. There are names like G.B. McDermot, the hall’s first chief, and Ken Mcclure, the current chief, and pictures of old trucks that simply got members

from point A to B. The history is, all at once, humbling and daunting.

I asked Chief Mcclure where I should start; he simply pointed over to a bronze bell that hangs within the hall. The bell itself is a powerful historical symbol of how far fire rescue services have come, but this bell once towered over Golden, near where the Island Restaurant now stands, and has been with the fire department since its inception.

Founded in 1898, GFRES is the second oldest fire house in BC. Whenever a fire, train wreck or other task called upon these brave souls, this bell would ring aloud over our sleepy mountain town: a call to arms for the volunteers who put aside all other activities, families and friends to help the citizens of Golden when they are in need.

While the bell has been replaced with pagers, the resulting response is still the same: the men and women rush to the hall and suit up.

They are joined by their brothers and sisters in the service and stand on the shoulders of 114 years of proud tradition.

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GEAR BY ROOKIE: Now and Then Sean Nyilassy

Will everything——right down to the wicking, quick-dry shirt on our backs——continue to get lighter, smaller, smarter and stronger? If we manage to find the lightest, smallest, smartest and strongest, what’s next? Perhaps the focus can switch back to where it belongs: the silliest hats and tightest pants

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Lighter, smaller, smarter, stronger.

These comparatives correspond with technological, industrial and scientific progress these days. Everything from the most complex computers right down to the very shirt on your back is more advanced than it was 20 years ago. Even recreational activities that went unaltered for centuries have been reformed to meet the standards of today’s societies.

estry and mountaineering—every facet of life is different. The First Nations survived in an impossible climate by hunting, fishing and gathering using nature’s tools: sticks and stones. After the Native’s integration with European settlers, Swiss guides—equipped with leather boots, steel-framed canvas backpacks, weather-absorbent clothing and an insurmountable git-’er-dun In Golden—a small mountain town attitude—began to realize the tourwith roots in Canada’s railway, for- ism potential in our area. CP Rail’s

Glacier House allowed anyone who ideas have eternally changed the could access a train to experience required gear to be comparatively the awe-inspiring Selkirks, and at- lighter, smaller, smarter, stronger. tempt to summit their peaks.

Does a superlative even exist? Will Today, it has all been replaced. Hard, everything—right down to the wickplastic-reinforced footwear; titan- ing, quick-dry shirt on our backs— ium-, aluminium- and carbon-fibre- continue to get lighter, smaller, supported nylon packs; polypropyl- smarter and stronger? If we manage ene underwear, Gore-tex outerwear to find the lightest, smallest, smartand GPS iPhones encourage us to do est and strongest, what’s next? more than ever. While the sports we Perhaps the focus can switch back partake in may have primitive hist- to where it belongs: the silliest hats ories, new materials, designs and and tightest pants.

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Kinbaskets & Ktunaxas Colleen Polumbo

Golden & District Museum rhythm of the drums, some dressed in full war paint and feathers—circled An example of how through the crowd and finally chose they maintained relations Thomas King. He was presented to was bringing a pow-wow to Chief Klan-Klu-Ka, or Not Bear, who Golden——the first held in congratulated him upon his election as a chief of the tribe. After smokAugust 1931 at the ing the Pipe of Peace, the new chief old skating rink thanked the natives for the honour and a name was chosen for him: KyakThe Kinbasket people were originally Nu-Kat, meaning Golden Eagle. from the Adams Lake area and came Next, Klan-Klu-Ka addressed the audiacross the mountains into the Columence in his own language, with his bia Valley to form a new settlement speech translated into English for the in the early- to mid-1800s—the exact benefit of the crowd. The chief drew date is not known, but David Thompattention to the harmony between son never spoke of them in his jourthe whites and natives of the valley, nals. Soon the Shuswap, or Kinbaskets, and also the wonderful improvements met the Kootenay, or Ktunaxa, nation made in the valley since the arrival and began to intermarry. of the whites. Games were played, As peaceful people, they worked at including baseball and football—the good relationships with everyone natives winning the baseball games around them, including the Europeans 19-9 over Golden and 4-3 over Lake who came to settle in the area. An Windermere. Teepee raising conexample of how they maintained tests were held amongst pairs of relations was bringing a pow-wow to women and the winners were Louie Golden—the first held in August 1931 Arbell, wife of the chief, and Martin at the old skating rink. The celebra- Morigeau. A stampede followed, with tion went on for several days, during various events including bucking which natives and Europeans took part horse with and without saddle, steer in dancing to the music of the tom- riding, calf roping, wild cow milking, toms. On the Sunday of the celebra- wild horse racing and wrestling on tion the native men—dancing to the horseback.

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TOWNIE Health & WELLNESS

Yoga: Looking Back Dalia Yanai

Looking back can be scary: You may face uncomfortable memories. It can also be fun if you are remembering something joyful. However you choose to look back, do it with an open heart in order to learn from the past and move on.

This is where back-bends such as the Wheel Pose, Chakrasana in Sanskrit, are great teachers. It can be a really challenging pose, but also very playful. If you haven’t been in the Wheel Pose since childhood, you want to approach it with care.

Start with some stretches that flex and extend the spine such as the Cat and Cow, and practice some shoulder-openers and gentle backbends such as the little-bridge pose. Chakrasana is an intense shoulder and chest opener, and a deep back-bend. You should not practice it if you have serious lower-back issues, such as a slipped disc, or high blood pressure.

To get into the pose, lie down on your back and

bend your knees. Place your heels in front of your buttocks at hip-width apart. Next, place your hands beside your ears, so your fingers are facing your shoulders, and keep your elbows close to your body. With a deep inhale, lift your hips up, lift your chest and gently place the top of your head on the floor. If you feel like you can keep going, then exhale and try to straighten your arms and legs as much as you can.

Keep your knees close together and elbows in.

Relax the head and neck, and take a few breaths.

Notice how it feels to have your heart open and look backwards? To come out of the pose, bend your

Townie Tune-Up: Update Miss Townie Tune Up I have been trying to figure out a way to express my thanks for the Townie Tune-Up this spring.

Words cannot express how much you have all helped me out of my rut. Here is some evidence I wanted to share: I, am doing a 10-kilometre race next weekend in Banff—and running it, the whole way. I never thought I would actually enjoy running.

Never. But now I love it. I have been going with girlfriends but, most of all, I like to do it by myself with my brother’s dog for

protection on the rotary trail—it can be scary when you’re the only one around. I will be doing a whole lot more running in the future too: I am planning to do a half marathon and then a full one—hopefully somewhere fun and tropical. Anyway, I really wanted to share my progress with you all, it is continuing to be an incredible journey and I really hope you will offer the tune-up contest again for another deserving Local Townie.

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Local Plant: Bunchberry Laura Shaw

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Bunchberry is an unassuming, yet exquisite, little gem growing in the montane and subalpine coniferous forests. Also known as dwarf dogwood, bunchberry is another plant in this area that has fever-, pain- and inflammationreducing properties—as do willows, aspens, birches and balsam poplars. However, bunchberry doesn’t have salicylates, a common allergen. The berries are edible raw—although they are really bland and mealy—and can be eaten or applied as a poultice to reduce the potency of ingested poisons. The berries can also be steeped in hot water and mixed with bearberries—rich in tannin—and used as a wash for relieving stings and poison ivy rashes. Before anyone goes and makes a bunchberry smoothie, know that these berries are also a good laxative! It would be remiss to not mention their coolest trait: unsuspecting foraging insects trigger pollen explosions where pollen is catapulted out of minuscule containers attached to filaments under the petals, all in less than half a millisecond. Aren’t plants incredible?

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elbows, tuck your chin down towards your chest and gently bring your back to the floor. Hug your knees into your chest and rock from side to side.

For more visit www.GoldenAyurveda.com

Charkrasana

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Wednesday 7:00pm – 8:15pm Saturday 5:30pm – 6:45 pm Sunday 4:30pm – 5:45pm Parent, Tots and Seniors’ Skate Wednesday & Friday 10:00 - 11:00am Shinny – drop in Hockey (must be 19 +) Monday 9:30pm – 10:30pm Aquatic Programs Red Cross Swimming Lessons For Kids 2 yrs + at the Sportsman Lodge Tuesday and Thursday starting October 16th Register today at Town Hall!

Aqua Fitness Exercise Classes @ the Days Inn Tuesday and Thursday starting October 9th Drop in or buy a multi session pass at Town Hall!

For more information on rates, classes and more www.golden.ca or 250-344-2271

LOCAL TOWNIE EATS & DRINKS Zucchini Orange Cake

Gentelmen’s Leisure Club Beer Review

Leslie Adams

Zucchini Orange Cake

My grandmother used to say that if you have to buy zucchini you have no friends. There certainly is an abundance of this vegetable at the end of the summer, some of them as big as your leg. Zucchini is such a versatile vegetable and I usually take these bigger ones, seed them and grate into one-cup bags for my freezer—some have to be peeled if the peel is too tough. As winter persists, I thaw the bags, squeeze out the excess water and use them for baking. This is a delicious cake recipe of my grandmother’s, perfect for fall barbeques and winter potlucks.

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Phillips: Blue Buck To date, Phillips Brewing Company have had 37 beers in production; currently they produce 16. This solidifies the fact that Phillips makes great beer, considering the company was started 11 years ago by racking up numerous credit cards. According to Phillips, “The Blue Buck is a legendary beast known to grant those that see him good fortune and safe travels!” This English pale ale pours amber gold with a finger of bubbly head. Blue Buck smells of malty caramel and a hint of honey, while tasting of caramel with a nice fruity mild hop bite. Our recommended pairing is with chicken burgers or pulled pork sandwiches. $11.75 per six-pack

Granville Island: Pumpkin Ale

Ingredients:

4 eggs 1 tablespoon grated orange rind 1/2 cup orange juice 1 cup grated zucchini 3 cups flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon cloves 1 cup butter or margarine 2 cups brown sugar

Instructions:

Orange Glaze Topping:

1. Mix 2 eggs, the orange rind, juice and zucchini together.

2. Mix the flour, baking powder and spices together.

3. Cream the butter or margarine with the brown sugar and last 2 eggs.

4. Mix some from step 2 into 3, add some from step 1, repeat until all mixed together.

5. Bake in a bundt or tube pan for 1 hour at 350ºF.

Mix well 1 cup icing sugar and 2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed. Add more orange juice or icing sugar as needed to get a glaze consistency. Drizzle over the cake.

It is that time of year again: fall. The leaves begin to change, the temperature starts to drop and the town becomes littered with big orange gourds. Numerous Pumpkin Ales freckle the market these days, but Granville Island’s is a standout. The beer pours a crystal-clear medium-golden-amber hue. The two fat fingers of foamy, creamy, off-white head leave a rising sea-spray of lace around the glass as it ebbs away. It smells of warm caramel malt, stewed pumpkin, soft clove and a bit of light pepper. The taste is consistent with the solid caramel malt, lightly toasted pumpkin meat, mild eponymous pie spice, a few herbal notes and a warm but mellow undercurrent of booze. The carbonation is present, but not in great nor prickling amount, the body a stumbling medium weight, not quite unassailable in smoothness. It finishes off dry, the malt gaining a metallic edge to go with the waning vegetal character. Believe it or not, it pairs fantastically with Thanksgiving dinner! $12.45 per six-pack

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8:30pm - 9pm DROP IN indoor soccer @ mt7 rec plex

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8:30pm - 9pm DROP IN indoor soccer @ mt7 rec plex

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8:30pm - 9pm DROP IN indoor soccer @ mt7 rec plex

8:30pm - 9pm DROP IN indoor soccer @ mt7 rec plex 9:30 10:30 Shinny - Drop in Hockey @ Golden Arena $6.50 1pm - 3:30pm DROP IN CURLING @ CURLING CLUB

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10:30-12pm PARENTS & TOTS PLAY @Mnt 7 rec plex 1pm - 3:30pm DROP IN CURLING @ CURLING CLUB

7-9 pm Golden Cycle Club group ride & instruction $FREE goldencycleclub.com 7-10pm DROP IN MIXED badminton @ mt7 rec plex

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10:30-12pm PARENTS & TOTS PLAY @Mnt 7 rec plex

5:30 - 6:30 AQUAfit Exercise Class @ days inn $6.50+/-

7pm OPEN COUNCILmeeting @ Town Hall

9:30 10:30 Shinny - Drop in Hockey @ Golden Arena $6.50

7-8:30pm DROP IN co-ed badminton @ mt7 rec plex

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9:30 10:30 Shinny - Drop in Hockey @ Golden Arena $6.50

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6-9pm Every Wednesday DROP IN Dungeons & Dragon @ bizarre Ent $ Free

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10:30-12pm PARENTS & TOTS PLAY @Mnt 7 rec plex

7-9 pm Golden Cycle Club group ride & instruction $FREE goldencycleclub.com

7 - 8:30pm DROP IN Co-Ed Volley ball @ mt7 rec plex 6-9pm DOcumentary night @ bizarre Entertainment $5 for food bank

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8:30pm - 9pm DROP IN indoor soccer @ mt7 rec plex 9:30 10:30 Shinny - Drop in Hockey @ Golden Arena $6.50

4:30-5:45 Public Skate @ Golden arena $2.50 - $4.50

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7 - 8:30pm DROP IN Co-Ed Volley ball @ mt7 rec plex

12:30-2pm jr climbing club @ Dogtooth climbing gym $45

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6-9pm Golden Fire Rescue practice new members welcome @ Golden Fire Hall

6-9pm Golden Fire Rescue prac- 30 tice new members welcome @ Golden Fire Hall 7pm OPEN COUNCILmeeting @ Town Hall 9:30 10:30 PARENT & Tot & senior skate @ Golden Arena $2.50 - $4.50 5:30 - 6:30 AQUAfit Exercise Class @ days inn $6.50+/-

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6-9pm Every Wednesday DROP IN Dungeons & Dragon @ bizarre Ent $ Free 6:30 options for sexual health Golden Hospital $ Free/Low cost STI TeST & CONTRACEPTIVES 7-10pm DROP IN MIXED badminton @ mt7 rec plex

7:00-8:15 Public Skate @ Golden arena $2.50 - $4.50

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infancy, childhood and puberty without major improvements or significant popularity.

Then, in 1938, an adult emerged when Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster gave the world Superman. People went crazy for it. Suddenly, we were thrust into the Golden Age of comics and names like Batman and Captain Marvel were on the lips of not only the young, but adults as well. It’s no coincidence that the rise of the superhero coincided with the rise of the Third Reich. During World War II, a face was put on evil and, in comics, evil had met its match. Superhero books were the first; from them sprung every genre anyone with a pen could imagine. But the Golden Age didn’t last forever.

Sean Tonelli

While times change and sales rise and fall, the comic book medium has always managed to find a way to stay fresh and relevant. Although there is some dull debate, most historians agree the modern comic book came into existence about 1842. There were some illustrated periodicals, which set the standard for a new form of art entertainment that has grown and developed to become what it is today: a multi-billion dollar industry unfolding into movies, television, novels and merchandise.

For a while, this new medium proceeded through its

comics once again. There was Vietnam, the gas crisis, Nixon and so on: society couldn’t hide from the truth. Comic books adapted to showcase this shift. When one of DC Comic’s sidekicks, Speedy, became a heroin addict, not even the world of fiction was safe from the plights of society. The world needed its heroes once again.

Starting in 1986, Modern Age titles like Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore’s The Watchmen gave comics books the next shot in the arm they needed. These weren’t short, one-and-done stories; these were graphic novels. While storylines were vastly different, the core themes of each remained the same: Heroes are people, faced with the same problems we all have. The world needs average people to show everyone else that the world can be better, and that someone cares enough When the war was over, the world didn’t to try. This realism mixed with unabashed fanseem to need its heroes anymore and the tasy is still the blueprint writers are using today. comic medium failed to progress with the times.

While we may not know what tomorrow brings, Companies kept pushing out the same shtick for what we have being published right now are over 20 years. Finally, Steve Ditko and Stan Lee some of the most original and creative stories over at Marvel Comics gave us The Silver Age: ever put to paper, with many critics calling our Characters like Spider-man, Hulk and the Fancurrent comic book period the Renaissance. We tastic Four were heroes, but they were also real are living in the greatest age the comic industry people with relatable problems. People got it, has ever seen, so head to your comic shop and it was cool and, for a while, it worked. become a part of history.

In the 1970s, the world wasn’t the bright, bubFor more visit onoursleeves.wordpress.com bly place it once was and people grew out of or @OnOurSleeves on Twitter

TOWNIE YOUTH: Youth Centre Zoey Lowe What started as just an idea is now open in downtown Golden: a youth centre.

It’s pretty amazing how far we’ve come since November—obtained grants, hired coordinators and gotten our building up and running.

When we started talking about it, my imagination went wild: I dreamed up large spaces full of art supplies, warm couches and chairs, lots of musical instruments and a different spot with other things for every kind of teen out there. Really, I wasn’t being logical; we didn’t have a million dollars to spend. True, we didn’t get an indoor mini ramp or a swimming pool, but what we did get worked out quite nicely.

The chalkboard walls and the art let us express our artistic talents in a beautiful way, we’ve got music and jam nights planned, and there’s a foosball table, pool table, tea, coffee, computers and WiFi. We now have a place to hang out without having to buy a slurpee or pay to get into a hockey game. We can just sit down and chat with our friends in peace.

Local youth Midori Nagao, Neha Virk and Olivia Wilson shared some comments during the grand opening: “I think it’s a great place for teens to hang out and relax, or do homework and stuff.”

GOLDEN YOUTH CENTRE

October Hours of Operation Drop in Hours:Beginning October 3

Wednesdays & Fridays 3:30-9 pm Movie Nights:Fridays 7-9pm beginning Oct. 5

Jam Nights:Beginning Wednesday, Oct. 17 Homework Help (CBAL):

Wednesdays, beginning September 26, 3:30-5pm We will be expanding our hours in mid-October.

“[It’s] a place where youth can go and express themselves in a good and positive way; where youth can challenge their skills as well as improve them; where they are capable of anything they set their minds to.”

Upcoming Youth Centre events:

“[It’s] a fun place to stay and chill.”

Bring your ideas for youth projects. Free pizza!

The youth centre is a great addition to Golden. I hope it will be used frequently and well appreciated. Since that first meeting in November, I’ve experienced so many new things, met great people and grown a lot as a person. I’m excited to see it grow and the effect it leaves on the town. I’m so grateful I got to play at the grand opening, but more that I got to be a part of it: helping make it, shape it and open it. I helped make a change in my community, and I’m proud.

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MUSIC & MUSES BY MENZIES Wide Mouth Mason in Golden Todd Menzies Hailing from Saskatoon, SK, Wide Mouth Mason is no stranger to the Canadian rock scene. With seven albums spanning their 16-year career, this trio has made their mark as a hard-working pop-blues-rock band. WMM broke into the scene with their self-titled debut album, which went gold in Canada and earned them a Juno nomination for Best New Group in 1998.

Wide Mouth Mason followed up their debut album with their sophomore release Where I Stand. With hit singles like Why and Sugar Cane, this album also went gold in Canada. WMM didn’t waste any time releasing their next album, Stew, the following year, bringing them a second Juno nomination—this time for Best Rock Album. In 2006, WMM front-man Shaun Verreault released two solo albums more on the acoustic songwriter side of things. The three founding members stayed with the band until 2010, when Big Sugar guitarist and front-man Gordie Johnson took over for Earl Pereira. Pereira left to start his own project, Mobadass, eventually forming Canadian pop-rock band The Steadies.

Despite six years without a WMM album release, the band never officially broke up and still hold a strong following throughout Canada. With the recent release of a new album produced by Johnson, No Bad Days, Wide Mouth Mason is back on the road performing across Canada. They make a stop in Golden at The Rockwater Sun., Oct. 14.

For more visit www.widemouthmason.com

Wide Mouth Mason plays Oct. 14 @ The Rockwater

From the first time I heard the opening riff to Ride Like Hell I was hooked. Big Sugar’s front-man Gordie Johnson had a guitar tone like a lion caged within his amp, fiercely roaring and trying to escape. The Toronto-based trio got its start rocking venues throughout the city in 1988. When bassist and founding member Terry Wilkins left the band in 1993, Johnson and drummer Al Cross recorded a gold-selling album, Five Hundred Pounds, together with many contributing musicians. Produced by Johnson himself, the album had a sound that was way before its time, yet still holding true to the bluesrock sound at Big Sugar’s roots.

Since 1994, Big Sugar has seen a lot of line-up changes amongst the band, including the departure of Cross, the original drummer. Johnson, however, has remained consistent as the bands heart and soul and a Canadian blues-rock legend.

Following up Five Hundred Pounds with back-to-back platinum-selling records Hemi-Vision and Heated, there was no sign of slowing down for Johnson and whoever accompanied him on stage. Big Sugar’s live show makes them stand apart from your average rock band, capturing an incomparable and memorable sound. Johnson possesses a rock-god-like stage presence as he towers over the audience with his double-neck red Gibson guitar.

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OCT 24 2012 GOLDEN CIVIC CENTRE on their upcoming tour, which makes a stop in Golden Oct. 14.

Big Sugar has come a long way and gained the respect of many musicians and music lovers all over North America, from playing the smallest of venues in Toronto to taking stage at Woodstock ’99. With singles like Ride Like Hell, Diggin’ a Hole, Better Get Used To It and Turn The Lights On, Big Sugar will have you rocking out at the Golden Civic Centre Oct. 24. You may want to bring a pair of earplugs along with your dancing shoes; this show might get loud.

Since Heated, Big Sugar has released two more studio albums as well as an EP and a live album.

Johnson has also released three studio albums and one live album with his side project: a countrymetal band called Grady. He has also contributed immensely to the Canadian rock scene, producing Tickets available at Plain Wayne for The Trews, Joel Plaskett and & Jane for $35 Wide Mouth Mason, just to name a few. It is rumoured that Johnson For more visit www.bigsugar.com may accompany Wide Mouth Mason

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CD REVIEW: Picture the Ocean The self-titled debut album from Picture The Ocean possesses the lyricism of any good folk album, but with more of a rock feel. Guitarist and front-man Jesse Dee presents an unmistakable guitar tone combined with the catchy harmonies of keyboardist and vocalist Jacquie B and the unique drumming style of Matt Blackie. Together they focus on solid songwriting and tell the story of their lives as hardworking, wanderlust musicians.

Longing for a simple life, Being Me quotes the name of their band: “You picture the ocean and I’ll picture you there.” Wake Me Up resembles the guitar tone and style of Jeff Buckley as Dee tells a tale of the loneliness of life on the road: “I want to be home, wherever that is.” Things slow down, maybe a little too much for my liking, on the track Sick with You. I feel this album is written how all albums used to be: made to listen to from start to finish with five tracks to each side.

Side two begins soft, but picks up Picture the Ocean with the instrumental track Russia?, showcasing the musicianship of these three talented artists.

Scars shows a more pop side of Picture The Ocean with a real 1950s swing feel—a mix of Brett Dennen and Maroon 5. As a whole, this album reminds me of the change in tides: a calming feeling only to be followed by the waves of the ocean crashing upon the shore.

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Vinyl is Back For me, it’s the records my father listened to after a long day at work I enjoy the most: coming home and putting on an old Beatles, Led Zeppelin or Rolling Stones Ever since I was young, I’ve always found listening to music on vinyl is truly the only way. Music is all about vibrations and that’s what allows vinyl to work. Even though records have only been made of vinyl since 1931—introduced by RCA Victor—the principle has been used since 1877 when Thomas Edison invented the phonograph. The 12-inch record was first introduced in 1903, holding only three to four minutes of music.

Since then, there have been numerous changes and improvements to the record. Still, for me it’s all about the crackle of an aged record when you put the needle to the groove and the incomparable quality of sound.

Throughout time, the music industry has tried to invent a better way of playing music: eight-tracks, cassette tapes, compact discs and, most recently, digital forms such as iPods and other computer-based products. For every benefit each of these have, they have also possessed an equally disappointing flaw: from tapes being eaten and CDs scratched and broken, to today’s viruses that could wipe out your whole music collection on your computer or iPod. The qualities, to

me, differ like a film photograph to digital photography. Sure, digital is cheaper, easier to use and quicker to produce, but it doesn’t hold the same characteristics as film.

Recently, you may have noticed many bands starting to press vinyl again, record stores are regaining popularity and even large electronic stores such as Future Shop and Best Buy are stocking record players for your home entertainment system.

Most new records come with a digital download card, allowing you to download the same record to your computer and transfer it to your mobile device for your morning jog or in your car on the way to work.

Then, when you’re at home, you can enjoy the quality sound of the real thing.

For me, it’s the records my father listened to after a long day at work I enjoy the most: coming home and putting on an old Beatles, Led Zeppelin or Rolling Stones album and admiring the artwork of the album covers. Something tells me it just won’t be the same feeling to hand my son an iPod with all my favourite artists listed on a LED screen.

Music is more about the culture and lifestyle of the artist you’re listening to, when you had to listen to an album from start to finish and it told a story. It’s not about creating the best playlist of all your favourite songs or hitting shuffle and randomly playing songs from your collection.

Sometimes convenience takes away from the way things should be portrayed, maybe it’s time we go back to the basics and enjoy music in its finest form.

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Dear Lord, a triple whammy of Canadian rock bands on a Saturday night.

Hearing this made me so excited I needed a hamster wheel. As an aspiring songwriter, insane lover of rock n’ roll and the nerdiest critic for both studio albums and live gigs, I knew I would be going. Growing up in Golden listening to Rock 101 every morning—especially Bro Jake’s morning show—had given me a healthy dose of 54-40. Also on the bill were Leeroy Stagger and Willhorse.

to remind myself I was about to see 54-40. When these guys took to the stage I almost felt jaded by the acts that preceded them. They were gonna have to put on one hell of a show to win me back. Man, did they ever.

Having just moved back to Golden, I was still unfamiliar with Willhorse so was all ears to finally hear them. I scoured the internet for any material, coming across just one video for Tempered Hearts: not enough to fill my appetite. I have since found them on Sound Cloud, where they have three tracks available. This band’s maturity on the stage is impressive. The sheer amount of gigs under their belts really counts. I instantly fell in love with Home as well as the catchy number Love Won’t Leave Me Alone, where I found myself singing along. I agree with statements comparing them to the Stones and Black Crowes, but I also offer early Kings Of Leon and Rival Sons likeness on the heavier tracks. My only criticism was they didn’t play long enough. I will be buying their album and returning to future shows.

They played it all—the hits as well as some new material—She La, She Lies To Me, I Go Blind, Ocean Pearl, Love You All and more. Holy &^*#, my head was gonna explode. I had a bit of a moment when they played Crossing A Canyon, not to mention

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when my friend Meghan turned to me and shouted, “It’s like a second heartbeat!” over the blaring, beautiful noise. Suddenly, she became a genius.

The night was way more than what I expect nowadays, with live music that doesn’t always happen, not to mention in your own hometown. I’ve seen enough gigs around the world to know when it’s right and I look forward to many more to come, in my own backyard for a change.

Sunday, Oct. 7 11am - 4pm After cheering Willhorse off the stage, I hadn’t even topped up my empty hand with a new drink before Leeroy Stagger kicked off. I realized, almost immedi- Celebrate Thanksgiving with us! ately, I was in the presence of a very polished songwriter. His set continued Full Turkey Dinner to build until the end, where he finished with I Believe In Love. He dedicated Reservations appreciated the song to Joe Strummer before unleashing pure passion on stage. After the show, I didn’t waste any time before delving into Leeroy’s world online. There Sunday, Oct 28 he was, all over YouTube, Facebook, Reverbnation, Wikipedia and the list goes Closing for the season on. A few hours later I had purchased his latest album, Radiant Land, and was Last chance this season to savour blown away. The track Summer Storm hit me hard in the face and made me our great coffee and homemade food. forget about everything for the next three minutes. Neil Young, Steve Earl, all the bases are covered. This man is really saying something: pure honesty Thanks everyone for your patronage! about himself and the world.

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The result is easier powslaying for us, which has a direct correlation to smile sizes in town after a good day at the Horse

For millennia, skis evolved at a leisurely trickle, apparently oblivious to the rapidly advancing world around them. Their construction remained similar from their humble beginnings as hardwood planks around 6000 BC in Scandinavia and Russia until the invention of steel edges in 1928, polyethylene bases in 1946 and introduction of sandwich construction by Head in 1950.

However, since the early ’90s skis have improved by leaps and bounds, with radical new dimensions and cambers injecting new possibilities into a declining sport.

Even today, Golden’s own Nigel Fisher still experiments with new shapes, linking near-perfect parallel turns clicked into the halves of his splitboard in a new sport dubbed Spli-ing. This half-snowboard shape rehashes the first deep sidecut patent in 1984: an asymmetric ski with a ruler-straight outside edge and deep sidecut inside edge intended for beginners. The Olin Ski Company idea flunked with retailers, who were reluctant to risk investing in such a goofy-looking, untested new design. More success came for Elan’s Sidecut Extreme project, or SCX, started in 1988 and aimed at racers. At the time, giant slalom skis were awkwardly long with very little sidecut and a turning radius too large to carve from gate to gate; competitors were forced to make turns by slipping their tails out then traversing the fall line.

Elan’s lab considered the physics involved—intended velocity, centrifugal force and required angulation—to estimate the optimal sidecut to carve any desired turn radius without slipping. Dubbed parabolic skis for their shape—with more than double the sidecut depth any other manufacturers were experimenting with at the time—the SCX were first produced in 1991 and allowed racers to make arcs better than Noah.

Their dominance on the racecourse quickly proved the design and incited a domino effect on the ski industry. Manufacturers followed suit, releasing their own radically sidecut models, including the first for recreational skiers—despite its sidecut the first SCX was still very long at 203 centimetres, making it a heavy ski only a powerful racer could tame. To transition to recreational skiers, various companies shortened skis while maintaining a deep sidecut. By 1994, Elan, Atomic and Kneissl were producing skis for beginners

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in the 160- to 180-centimetre range—a very radical change from the 200-pluscentimetre skis typical until then.

As the radius became shorter and shorter, coaches of high-level racers adapted their techniques to allow very rapid transitions from turn to turn.

By 1999, even shortradius slalom races saw 200-pound racers on 160-centimetre skis carving much faster turns than the old-schoolers on straight sticks.

In the new millennium, it appears as though skis will remain shorter and maintain far more sidecut, for good.

These advances changed the entire ski industry and spurred various new concepts over the following two decades that threw conventions to the wind. Mike Douglas and Salomon first successfully produced the twin-tip, with the 1080 debuting in 1997. It encouraged freestylers to land tricks backwards—effectively quadrupling the possibilities for spinning tricks by allowing switch landings and takeoffs—and today

allows local jibbers to link switch turns down CPR chutes and bomb Wiley backwards. In 2002, the late Shane McConkey teamed with Volant to develop the first reverse-camber and -sidecut ski, the Spatula. The industry was slow to respond to this wild idea meant to allow easier float on powder, but McConkey was persistent and paired with K2 in 2004 to make the ski more versatile by including some flat-camber and regular sidecut underfoot. Since the K2 Pontoon, companies have experimented with sidecuts, camber, early-rise tips and tails, and virtually all the major manufacturers have a few powder skis employing some or all of these new-school tricks. The result is easier pow-slaying for us, which has a direct correlation to smile sizes in town after a good day at the Horse.

Now, with 220 centimetre Rossignols collecting dust in the basement— save the one day a year you don the ’80s neon one-piece and make a few turns on them—we have to wonder what can come next. As long as it improves our lives half as much as Elan’s parabolics, Salomon’s twintips and McConkey’s reverse camber, then skiing can continue to grow again, marking our time as a revolutionary period in skiing’s extensive history.

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Local Artist: Babe Wannamaker Sarah Jane Osadetz During the course of a lifetime, a person can render a lot of different nicknames based on nuances in personality, activities, interests and, of course, the name they were given at birth. What happens when a person’s given name is a nickname? Well, it sticks; no other nickname is needed. Babe Wannamaker was given his grandfather’s nickname. Babe, the Renaissance man, decided all on his own at five years of age he wanted to paint naked women. Now he is the envy of many a man around him, with his lovely work and mysterious ways with women.

He works with all different ages, shapes and types of women. He trains them, if need be, for modelling and paints them sans clothes. Well, there are props of course: sexy underwear, blankets, sheets and even clothing, but everything is in good taste. “Most of my friends are women and are my best friends. I can tell you, my girls [referring to his models with endearment] treat me just like I’m a woman too in the end,” Babe shares. “It’s about honouring women as they are: each are unique and have their own preferences. I’ve worked on pieces that are as formal as business portraits to racy, erotic poses that some people are inspired to model. I leave it up to them for expression in the moment. I can be inspired to capture a thoughtful look just as a model is finishing her sitting—I make her sit for another three hours. I create an environment in which the essence of the person is revealed. Each of my models does what they want, not what I ask them to do. Every single model has come to me, I’ve never asked anyone to pose for me.”

Over the years, Babe experimented with various media to get to where he is now, from oil and sketch to watercolour and graphite paint. He’s worked with over 1000 models and paints dozens and dozens of pieces a year. Prolific? This man is—both in creating long-lasting relationships around art and also on the brush. “Trust is essential in this line of work. Without trust, my girls will not feel comfortable. If they are not comfortable, I cannot do my job,” Babe comments. Discretion, respect and empowerment are the name of the game. His seeing and reflecting beauty and sensuousness back to women and his audience can be described as subtle to sublime. He does not identify his models, ever—no matter how much his guy friends jokingly rib him. He will sit around a table having a beer with his models and none of them know about each other. That spells integrity and it’s right at the core of what he does.

Babe’s career has shifted and evolved over the years. Trained and educated in advertising and illustration, Babe has walked many paths pursuing art in various forms. The corporate path didn’t match his lifestyle or values so he moved on from the career quickly, despite the money being amazing. Dabbling in all kinds of work to support himself and his art habit, Babe finally went back to school and became an art teacher.

He met his wife in school and has now been married happily for over 25 years. His wife tells him to go get a model if he hasn’t been working with anyone in a while. “She knows when I’m not working with someone, how irritable I can get. It’s my life’s work. It’s important to me and she understands that,” Babe observes. Their abode in the Blaeberry is quaint, peaceful and full of gentle light. Various paintings on the wall and in the corner along with a wall of mirrors hint at Babe’s passion for art. The centre of the main floor is his workstation; filled with sketchbooks, semi-complete and complete watercolour paintings and stacks of photographs.

Golden attracts unique, forthright, down-to-earth characters and many of a person’s talents get put to use making a home and creating a life. Babe has accomplished that here. “I paint for people all over the world, not just from here. I’m having my first show at the Art Gallery of Golden soon. I’ve lived here for over 25 years and no one here really has seen what I do. I’m ready to share and showcase my work here.”

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Whitetooth Affordable Ski Program Submitted During September, organizers met to finalize the details of the 2012-13 Whitetooth Affordable Ski Program. The Whitetooth Ski Society established an endowment fund to support affordable family skiing, utilizing the proceeds from the sale of the Society’s assets.

The fund is managed by the Golden and District Community Foundation and works with the support of Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, Golden Kicking Horse Alpine Team and Golden Community Resources Society. This year a local business, Off The Wall Entertainment, is also contributing nine dollars from every sale of Whitetooth t-shirts to the endowment fund.

The Affordable Ski Program makes a limited number of skiing and snowboarding packages available to children between the ages of eight and 17 with limited family incomes. Packages can include passes, lessons and, if required, rental equipment and transportation. They are allocated on the basis of greatest need. In 2011, a total of 36 applications were supported— twice as many as 2008-9. The Community Foundation expects to see similar demand again this year.

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COLLEGE OF THE ROCKIES: Montana Smith Kris King “The first course I taught was titled Montana Smith and the Lost Temples” Gideon chuckles at the Indiana Jones reference One of my great memories from the College of the Rockies’ Adventure Tourism Business Operations program was hurriedly hiking up the wellworn Balu Trail in Rogers Pass. Gideon (Montana) Smith led the pack, stopping at intervals to tell us about the local geology, bears and other flora and fauna of the towering Selkirk Mountains around us.

Gideon has been a staple instructor to the Golden Campus of COTR for 21 years. “My first courses were taught out of the two classrooms where the ReMax office is now,” says Gideon with a long pause to remember the exact details. “The first course I taught was titled ‘Montana Smith and the Lost Temples’ [of Meso-America].” Gideon chuckles at the Indiana Jones reference. He spent most of his early career teaching geology, ancient earth history and continuing education. Over the

years he brushed up on his computer skills and Gideon states about his connection to the environoffice administration, and now teaches those as ment and his passion for the earth. well—at the fine young age of 62.

In 2001, the COTR Golden Campus shifted its main After a career and early retirement from the course focus from traditional trades to the ATBO Geological Survey of Canada, Gideon moved to Program. Gideon, with his reference book always Golden in 1991. He originally hails from Ontario in hand, was the natural selection to teach Natand studied geology at Cambrian College, finish- ural History and Geology of the Canadian Rockies. ing a degree at the University of Calgary in the “The students come here with very little knowlate-1970s. In 1999 he married his wife, Irene, ledge of the natural environment of the Canadian who now runs a small business from their historic Rockies, with some exceptions to the rule. The Swiss heritage home above Golden in the Edel- students are ready to open their minds to the weiss Village. “I love the area,” Gideon explains natural environment,” Gideon says. “The ATBO about the decision to move here. “I visited the students are an exception to the disconnect with area quite a few times, going back to 1966. I al- the living natural world. The ATBO students are ways the loved the mountains and I had friends interested in the outdoors. One thing we do see in the community who I would visit. I also came is more students interested in higher-tech ways to volunteer with the Golden Congregation of the of accessing the backcountry, like heli-skiing and Jehovah’s Witnesses.” boarding. They are not so interested in the traditional travel, like multi-day horseback trips.”

Along with teaching, Gideon worked as Head Ski Patroller at Ski Whitetooth in the late ’90s, then Many students have crossed Gideon’s marking as Patrol Leader for the CSPS Volunteer Patrol sheet over 21 years. He sees their faces working at and now as a security guard with KHMR. “I enjoy KHMR and working around town after their college the uneventful nights at KHMR, as most security years. Some move on and have opened businesses people do,” Gideon says with a smile. Gideon in other countries. One thing has stayed the same and Irene truly enjoy the mountain environment; over the years: Golden is Gideon’s home. their spare time takes them on hikes up to alpine For more about College of the Rockies call meadows and glaciers in the region. “God gave us 344-5901 or visit www.cotr.bc.ca/golden a very precious gift; we have to take care of it,”

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For Women who: w Have been sexually assaulted w Are experiencing physical/verbal/emotional abuse w Are experiencing other forms of violence and harrassment

Navigating sexual health services can be tricky. Interior Health’s public health nurses want residents of Golden to know what is available in our community and how they can access local services.

Golden Public Health, in the community wing of the hospital, offers emergency contraception, pregnancy testing and councelling free of charge. Emergency contraception, also known as Plan B, is after-the-fact contraception when there is birth control failure, or unprotected or unplanned sex occurs. Plan B is most effective if taken as soon as possible after unprotected sex, but still provides some protection up to five days afterwards. Local nurses also assist with pregnancy counselling options. The Golden Public Health office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday—closed for lunch between 12 and 1 p.m. To speak with a public health nurse phone 250-344-3001.

Options for Sexual Health (Opt) is a drop-in sexual and reproductive health clinic that provides services the first and third Wednesday of every month. Opt is open between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. in the community wing of the hospital.

Pregnancy testing and counselling is available as well as Plan B for $15. Lowcost birth control pills can be purchased and pap and sexually-transmitted infection (STI) testing is provided. Please see www.optbc.org for more information or phone 250-439-8331.

Emergency contraception can also be purchased for $30 over the counter at Gourlay’s Pharmacy—open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.—or People’s Drug Mart—open Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. After hours, Plan B is available at the emergency department of the Golden Hospital.

Birth control, STI and pap testing are also available at the Golden Medical Clinic, 250-344-2211. They are open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.— closed for lunch between 12 and 1:30 p.m.

Claudine St. Cyr - Premont L’organisation Film Kicks a sélectionné le film Monsieur Lazhar pour sa première présentation jeudi le 11 octobre 2012 à 19h30 au Golden Cinema. Acclamée par plusieurs, cette création remplie d’émotion, de tendresse et de compassion saura faire vibrer son audience. Ce drame, d’une durée de 1h35, relate comment des étudianst de sixième année doivent faire face à un évènement traumatique inattendu qui a emporté leur enseignante bien aimée. Survenu dans une école publique de Montréal ce drame crée beaucoup de remous. Même si la direction scolaire s’en est opposé, Bachir Lazhar, un immigrant d’origine algérienne, est engagé pour prendre le poste de la défunte. Tout en ne sachant pas le niveau scolaire de ses élèves et ayant une approche d’enseignement différente, le nouveau venu s’adaptera et mettra ses propres tragédies de côté afin d’instruire ces étudiants. Ces jeunes provenant de différents milieux enseigneront certaines leçons de vie à tous. Réalisé par Philippe Falardeau ce film touchant met en vedette Fellag, Sophie Nélisse, Emilien Néron, Brigitte Poupart, Danielle Proulx, Francine Ruel, Louis Champagne et Jules Philip.

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Les prix suivants ont été attibués au film Monsieur Lazhar : -Prix du Public et Prix Variety Festival du film de Locarno en Suisse -Meilleur film canadien Festival international du film de Toronto -Prix Spécial du Jury et Prix du Public Festival international du film francophone de Namur en Belgique -Prix Art Cinema Filmfest Hamburg en Allemagne -Prix du meilleur scénario et Prix FIPRESCI de la critique internationale Festival international du film de Valladolid en Espagne -Prix du public Grand Prix Hydro-Québec et Prix du jury Communications et Société Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue et Rouyn-Noranda -Prix Can-Am Festival international du film de Windsor -Prix La vague Coup de coeur du public FICFA Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie

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Scorpio – Change is good, but only when there is a lot of it in your pocket. Find the closest arcade and stay until the change is done, then you can go back to being your old self.

Sagittarius – Alcohol, refined sugars and fried food are competing with your energy. The good news is that in this competition everyone just gets a participation ribbon anyway, so have at ’er.

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Aquarius – The stars will soon vomit snowflakes on your reality.

Don’t take it personally; they’re allergic to woodstove smoke.

Pisces – Be wiser than yesterday but more naïve than tomorrow and you’ll be just perfect today. Also, expect head lice this month.

Aries – Time to get your freak on while flexing some political commentary. Dress up as the illegitimate baby of Mitt Romney and Lady Gaga this Halloween—Lady MittGagney: Gag me with a silver spoon!

Taurus – Don’t let anyone bother you this month. No one can get your goat if you kill it first. Take it out back and do what needs to be done then eat it with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

Gemini – Romance will bloom from a place you never expected this month, check the junk folder of your email account often.

Your secret lover will cheekily use the alias, no-reply.

Cancer – Start saying the word like before all your sentences to prepare for your future reincarnation as a teenager addicted to reality television.

Leo – Carl Sagan once said, “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” Invent your own universe this month in order to make all of your friends’ Bundt cakes in time for the holidays.

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